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Joh_19:15-16. The bitterness is still further embittered. To the impetuous clamour which demands crucifixion, the question of Pilate: your king shall I crucify? is only the feeble echo of ἴδε ὁ βασ . ὑμ ., whereupon, with the decisive οὐκ ἔχομεν βασιλέα , κ . τ . λ ., although it perfidiously denied the sense of the hierarchy, the again awakened fear of the emperor at last completely disarms the procurator, so that now then ( τότε οὖν ) the tragic and ignominious final result of his judicial action comes out: Χριστὸν ἑκὼν ἀέκων ἀδίκῳ παρέδωκεν ὀλέθρῳ , Nonnus.
αὐτοῖς ] to the chief priests, Joh_19:15. To these Jesus was given over, and that, as a matter of fact, not merely by the sentence of itself (Hengstenberg), that He might be crucified under their direction by Roman soldiers (Joh_19:23, comp. Mat_27:26-27). Comp. Joh_8:28; Act_2:23; Act_3:15. παρέδ . does not signify to yield to their desire (Grotius, B. Crusius, Baeumlein).
On crucifixion in general, see on Mat_27:35.